Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited
'till his billy boiled,
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."
Chorus:
You'll come a waltzing Matilda my darling
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me
Waltzing Matilda and leading a water bag
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me
Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee;
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck
in his tuckerbag,
"You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me."
Chorus
Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred,
Down came the troopers -- one, two, three;
"Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got
in your tuckerbag?"
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
Chorus
Up jumped the swagman and sprang
into the billabong,
"You'll never catch me alive", said he;
And his ghost may be heard as you pass
by that billabong,
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
